Comment on How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)
amki@feddit.de 1 year agoNo.
- I want to send messages to people who are not currently online (having a server stay online for you is a desparate hack and not a solution)
- I want to send media other than text
- I want my messages to be e2ee
- I want presence - e.g. know if someone is available, busy, away
- I want voice/video calls and many more…
None of these were solved by IRC but by the others you mentioned.
paf0@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, but all of those things could have been done by extending the existing protocol.
Also, fwiw, it has had media sends, presence and support for encryption for a very long time. The rest could be added. All of those things could have very well been an IRC client with a couple of extra features and a server upgrade to queue messages.